An all-star cast is gathering for the sci-fi melodrama Wonderland (literal title), the long-awaited return of Late Autumn (2011) director KIM Tae-yong. JUNG Yu-mi is reportedly in talk to join a cast that already includes Chinese superstar TANG Wei, CHOI Woo-shik, PARK Bo-gum and BAE Suzy. Wonderland is the name of a simulated universe where people can be reunited with their loved ones.JUNG Yu-mia...

Local films continued to drum up solid business, as a new champion and holdovers gave the Korean industry a 74% edge. All told, 1.82 million tickets were sold over the past frame, a figure that will rise significantly this coming weekend as one of the biggest films of the year opens in a few days. Veteran filmmaker CHUNG Ji-young has returned to theatres seven years after National Security with th...

As we edge closer to winter, admissions were down marginally to 2.04 million but with a strong new local title in the mix the Korean market share shot back up to a healthy 61%. Opening over five years after the original and with KWON Sang-woo replacing JUNG Woo-sung as the lead actor (but as a different character), the prequel The Divine Move 2: The Wrathful posted a strong debut with 879,000 sale...

An ageing Hollywood franchise marched into the marketplace, lifting admissions some 20% to 2.16 million entries, which also pushed down the local market share to 34%, with no new major Korean films debuting over the weekend. While Terminator: Dark Fate struggled in its American and Chinese debuts over the weekend, the sixth entry in the long-running franchise had a healthy debut in Korea, where it...